TIDMWMH TIDMHSBA

RNS Number : 5108X

William Hill PLC

24 November 2017

The following notification was received today by William Hill PLC, relating to a major interest in shares of William Hill PLC.

Tom Fuller

Deputy Company Secretary

24 November 2017

OAM: Major Shareholding Notifications

William Hill LEI: 213800MDW41W5UZQIX82

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer or the                                        William Hill PLC 
  underlying issuer of existing shares 
  to which voting rights are 
  attached: 
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 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with 
  an "X" if appropriate) 
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 Non-UK issuer 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes 
  with an "X") 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                             x 
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 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please specify): 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation 
 Name                                             HSBC Holdings PLC 
 City and country of registered office            London, United Kingdom 
  (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) 
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 Name                                             HSBC Bank plc 
                                                   HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) 
                                                   Limited 
                                                   INKA Internationale Kapitalanlagegesellschft 
                                                   mbH, Dusseldorf 
                                                   HSBC Trustee (C.I.) Limited 
                                                   HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong 
                                                   Kong) Limited 
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 City and country of registered office            8, Canada Square, London, E14 5HQ 
  (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the threshold was               23 November 2017 
  crossed or reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):   24 November 2017 
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 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation 
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                               % of voting         % of voting rights        Total of both       Total number 
                                  rights            through financial          in % (8.A +        of voting rights 
                               attached to             instruments                8.B)            of 
                              shares (total           (total of 8.B                               issuer 
                                 of 8. A)              1 + 8.B 2) 
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 Resulting situation 
  on the date 
  on which threshold 
  was crossed               Below disclosure        Below disclosure        Below disclosure 
  or reached                    Threshold               Threshold               Threshold           857,978,033 
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 Position of 
  previous notification 
  (if applicable)                 5.343 %                 4.457 %                9.800 % 
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 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the 
  threshold was crossed or reached 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type of       Number of voting rights                            % of voting rights 
  shares 
  ISIN code (if 
  possible) 
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                            Direct                   Indirect                        Direct                       Indirect 
                      (Art 9 of Directive      (Art 10 of Directive            (Art 9 of Directive          (Art 10 of Directive 
                          2004/109/EC)             2004/109/EC)               2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)             2004/109/EC) 
                            (DTR5.1)                (DTR5.2.1)                                                   (DTR5.2.1) 
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 GB0031698896          Below disclosure          Below disclosure               Below disclosure              Below disclosure 
                           Threshold                 Threshold                      Threshold                     Threshold 
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 SUBTOTAL 8. A                  Below disclosure Threshold                             Below disclosure Threshold 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
  (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
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 Type of financial   Expiration            Exercise/                  Number of voting                      % of voting 
  instrument          date                  Conversion Period          rights that may                       rights 
                                                                       be acquired if 
                                                                       the instrument 
                                                                       is 
                                                                       exercised/converted. 
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                                           SUBTOTAL 8. B 1 
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 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to 
  Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
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 Type of           Expiration              Exercise/                Physical or          Number of          % of voting 
 financial          date                   Conversion                cash                 voting rights      rights 
 instrument                                Period                    settlement 
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                                                                    SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 
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 9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification 
  obligation (please mark the 
  applicable box with an "X") 
 Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled 
  by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other 
  undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the 
  (underlying) issuer 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights                    x 
  and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate 
  controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional 
  rows as necessary) 
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             Name                 % of voting rights     % of voting rights      Total of both if 
                                    if it equals or       through financial       it equals or is 
                                  is higher than the       instruments if         higher than the 
                                 notifiable threshold       it equals or        notifiable threshold 
                                                           is higher than 
                                                           the notifiable 
                                                              threshold 
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 HSBC Holdings plc 
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 HSBC Bank plc 
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 HSBC Holdings plc 
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 HSBC Investment Bank 
  Holdings plc 
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 HSBC Global Asset 
  Management Limited 
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 HSBC Global Asset 
  Management (UK) Limited 
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 HSBC Holdings plc 
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 HSBC Bank plc 
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 HSBC Germany Holdings 
  GmbH 
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 HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt 
  AG 
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 HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt 
  Gesellschaft fur 
  Bankbeteiligungen mbH 
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 INKA Internationale 
  Kapitalanlagegesellschft 
  mbH, Dusseldorf 
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 HSBC Holdings plc 
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 HSBC Bank plc 
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 HSBC Private Bank (UK) 
  Limited 
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 HSBC Private Bank (C.I.) 
  Limited 
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 HSBC Trustee (C.I.) 
  Limited 
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 HSBC Holdings plc 
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 HSBC Finance (Netherlands) 
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 HSBC Holdings B.V. 
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 HSBC Asia Holdings 
  (UK) 
  Limited 
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 HSBC Asia Holdings 
  B.V. 
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 The Hongkong and Shanghai 
  Banking Corporation 
  Limited 
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 HSBC Global Asset 
  Management (Hong Kong) 
  Limited 
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 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder 
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 The number and % of voting rights held 
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 The date until which the voting rights 
  will be held 
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 11. Additional information 
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 Place of completion   London, United Kingdom 
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 Date of completion    24 November 2017 
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